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... effect , from a consideration of the afflictions which he had been describing in the last chapter . For he might reasonably argue , that the moral Governor of all things would make a distinction between the righteous and the wicked ...
... effect , from a consideration of the afflictions which he had been describing in the last chapter . For he might reasonably argue , that the moral Governor of all things would make a distinction between the righteous and the wicked ...
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... effect will be to render a respectable and im- portant profession more accessible to men of academical education , who were deterred by the length of service before required from attempting to enter into it ; and it is conceived that it ...
... effect will be to render a respectable and im- portant profession more accessible to men of academical education , who were deterred by the length of service before required from attempting to enter into it ; and it is conceived that it ...
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... effect rather of ignorance and presumption , than of reason and reflection . They see themselves advancing towards a foreign shore , without apprehension , perhaps with eager desire and even transport , particularly if their vessel ...
... effect rather of ignorance and presumption , than of reason and reflection . They see themselves advancing towards a foreign shore , without apprehension , perhaps with eager desire and even transport , particularly if their vessel ...
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... effect in the minds of those who think little and feel much . The Essay on the Nature of true Piety , which closes the present se- ries , reiterates some preceding ob- servations of an analogical nature , to illustrate what is described ...
... effect in the minds of those who think little and feel much . The Essay on the Nature of true Piety , which closes the present se- ries , reiterates some preceding ob- servations of an analogical nature , to illustrate what is described ...
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... effect , among the popula- tion " . " pp . 257 , 258 . There is something almost ludicrous in the frequent recurrence in this and other passages of the work before us , " He will find it utterly impossible to find access for the lessons ...
... effect , among the popula- tion " . " pp . 257 , 258 . There is something almost ludicrous in the frequent recurrence in this and other passages of the work before us , " He will find it utterly impossible to find access for the lessons ...
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Page 65 - At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; if that nation against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
Page 606 - But God, who is rich in mercy, for His great love wherewith He loved us, "even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, ( by grace ye are saved; ) " and hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus...
Page 63 - If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another ; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
Page 346 - Christian men are discerned from others that be not christened ; but it is also a sign of regeneration, or new birth, whereby, as by an instrument, they that receive Baptism rightly are grafted into the Church : the promises of the forgiveness of sin, and of our adoption to be the sons of God by the Holy Ghost, are visibly signed and sealed: faith is confirmed, and grace increased by virtue of prayer unto God.
Page 452 - But this I say, brethren, the. time is short : it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; and they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; and they that use this world, as not abusing it : for the fashion of this world passeth away.
Page 304 - THEY also are to be had accursed, that presume to say, that every man shall be saved by the law or sect which he professeth, so that he be diligent to frame his life according to that law, and the light of nature. For holy Scripture doth set out unto us only the name of Jesus Christ, whereby men must be saved.
Page 607 - Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death : that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection...
Page 551 - And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.
Page 605 - ... among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind,; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
Page 423 - Cold on His cradle the dew-drops are shining, Low lies His head with the beasts of the stall ; Angels adore Him in slumber reclining, Maker, and Monarch, and Saviour of all ! 3.